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We’re living the dream we had. We sold it all and moved abroad to live a digital nomad life. It’s working, more specifically, we’re working. We’re making it happen.

We originally decided to live a digital nomad life, as a family, because we could. We both essentially work from laptops and there was no reason to stay tied to Arizona.

We homeschool our daughter so that wasn’t a factor either. In the following picture we’re investigating a dead bat that was brought to us as a gift from the cat of the house.

We wanted to run and explore the world. We wanted to move around and change it up on a regular basis. And. We wanted to save money. Living abroad, in many places, makes it easier to save money if you’re living the digital nomad life.

So, here we are moving around Europe at a pretty quick clip, living a digital nomad lifestyle. Taking trains and planes (I can’t decide which I like better, though probably trains). We’re trying different areas and seeing if we fancy anyplace in particular to stay longer.

Eat healthy while traveling… yes, this is easy… no matter where you travel in the world.

We’re a digital nomad family who, so far, has traveled and eaten healthy in 5 countries.

True, we’re newbies at the digital nomad lifestyle, but we’re not new at eating healthy while traveling in general. I took what I learned from eating healthy while traveling for vacations, and applied it to traveling the world eternally.

And? It works.

My family eats healthy while traveling anywhere with a few food staples and routines.

As a digital nomad, traveling and staying fit doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, for me, fitness is a priority now. I have finally, in my 40s, figured out one of the things that makes me feel the best.

Being lean, fit, and strong.

Sound silly? Like, who doesn’t feel great when they’re fit?

It’s more than that for me thought.

I’ve had many periods in my life where I relaxed my exercise, and I cut loose with my food choices. In these times my body composition changed. I put on a few pounds. I had some softness around the midsection. No big deal, right?

In fact, that’s what I kept saying, “No big deal, I’m still in good shape.”

I see women of all shapes and think the ones with curves are very pretty and just as attractive as those without them. In those times I encourage myself that it’s ok I have gained a few pounds. It never gets higher than about five pounds anyway.

Then, I figured something out. I realized that I regularly go back and forth with the same five pounds. Get too relaxed with food and exercise, gain a few pounds, feel kind of “off” and not comfortable in my clothes (I’ve always disliked anything tight on my waist – even back in high school I always opted for a baggier waisted option, something that hung a bit more lose.)

Then, I’d lose the few pounds, which required exercise and good food, feel AWESOME.

Back and forth. Again and again.

After leaving to travel the world, my soft waist came back from lack of exercise and my eating changed to omnivore with mostly good choices, but not good enough to maintain my treasured leanness.

When I eat well AND EXERCISE… I feel EMPOWERED!

I feel STRONG!

To be clear, it’s not about being skinny for me. I don’t want to be skinny. It’s not a body image disorder, at least I don’t think so.

I’m into a strong and lean body for me. Tight.

It’s very much about how I feel physically inside my body and outside. I have this total bad-ass feeling when I’m in really good shape. I feel like I’m in control of my life. I don’t feel lazy. And, I think there’s something to that.

So, I finally said to my self, “SELF! I figured out something that positively benefits my life experience, and that is to be lean and strong.”

One of my dreams regarding travel was that Kamea would learn languages. I had visions of her meeting up with kids who didn’t speak English and Kamea wouldn’t know their language and, yet, they’d figure it out.

Today, my dream came true.

We’re staying in a house in Mitry-Mory, France, and there is a very tiny neighborhood. We heard children’s voices outside and opened our door.

Voila! 3 young French girls. 👊🏼

Kamea didn’t hesitate a second to run out there and play, even though she couldn’t communicate with words.

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About Kristen Suzanne

I’m an author traveling the world on a multi-year odyssey to experience other cultures, and stay fit while I stuff my face with their food. (For now, meat anyway). I write about food, fitness, and our experiences as a digital nomad family.